- The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant has shared a very troubling photo of Lionel Messi and Neymar
- The posters showed an image of Neymar on his kneels crying while Messi was already on the ground without his head
- Authorities are currently investigating the source and intents of the posters
Lionel Messi and Neymar have been mocked up in a very disturbing ISIS propaganda photo.
Barcelona star Messi appears to be on the floor without the head and Neymar is pictured on his knees crying while a terrorist stands next to them both with a knife in his hands.
The very disturbing and sick poster
The highly irresponsible image was made and distributed by the pro-IS Wafa Media Foundation.
This latest poster comes just days after Argentinian football chiefs held a meeting with the Russian ambassador over safety fears sparked by an ISIS mockery photo of Messi crying blood.
The chilling images are the latest threat to next year's World Cup in Russia as part of a campaign of terror by ISIS fanatics.
The shocking image depicting Lionel Messi crying blood (Image: SITE Intelligence Group)
In response President of the Argentine FA Claudio Tapia met ambassador Victor Koronelli in Buenos Aires to discuss safety arrangements for the tournament.
Although Tapia did not disclose what was said in the meeting, he is worried about any potential threat to the team and their star player Messi.
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Coupled with the startling words 'Just Terrorism' and the tagline 'You are fighting a state that does not have failure in it's dictionary' it shows the Barcelona legend wearing a prison suit, with his name printed on his chest.
And this is not the only image released in a shocking campaign by the ISIS-affiliated group, who aim their output at Westerners.
Another image posted last week shows the World Cup symbol next to a masked man holding a sub machine with the text 'Wait for Us'.
They have swamped social media with an image of the rifle-carrying Jihadi and a bomb bearing the regime’s infamous black flag.
Lionel Messi celebrates for Argentina against Ecuador (Image: AFP)
It stands in front of Volgograd Arena in Southern Russia football stadium.
It appears to show a Russian jihadist, with many active in large swathes of Chechnya.
An official symbol of the finals is also included in the alarming promise to bring mayhem to the tournament.
The 2018 FIFA World Cup will be played across 11 cities in Russia from 14 June to 15 July, when the final will be played at the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow.
While another promises a massacre, saying: "Oh, enemies of Allah in Russia, I swear that the fire of the mujahideen (soldiers in the holy war) will burn them, just wait,"
But it is the image of one of the world's greatest players Messi which will send shivers down the spine of football fans.
Argentina are just one of the countries set to take part in the finals next year, along with England.
Tens of thousands of England fans are expected to base themselves in St Petersburg for the month-long finals.
Russia’s second largest city was scene of an horrific ISIS attack when a briefcase bomb detonated on the underground in April, killing 14 people.
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The blast was in retaliation to Russia’s airstrikes in Syria that have helped bring the regime to its knees.
Last week ISIS released another propaganda image featuring bullet-ridden photos of President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin, inviting its followers to stage more attacks on the group's two leading foes abroad.
The image, shared throughout pro-ISIS channels on the encrypted messaging application Telegram, featured an excerpt of a Quranic verse manipulated by the ISIS followers to urge fellow jihadis to take every opportunity to conduct deadly attacks in the U.S. and Russia.
Another poster from the pro-ISIS group threatening the tournament (Image: SITE)
Despite the jihadis suffering severe territorial losses to military campaigns sponsored by Moscow and Washington, the image also claimed that ISIS would overcome its enemies on the battlefield.
"Lie in wait for them at every chance to ambush," the text reads beneath photos of Trump and Putin pasted to gun target practice sheets. "The Levant is the graveyard of the Russians and Americans."
Thousands of Russians from mainly central Asia have travelled to the Middle East to fight for ISIS. Experts in Moscow believe around 2,400 joined the regime in 2015 alone.
Islamic extremism is a concern for Putin, said Ian Brzezinski, senior fellow at the Atlantic Council.
"Despite his government's defence doctrines stating that the US and NATO is Russia's greatest threat, I have always felt that Putin regards Islamic extremism to be the most immediate threat," Brzezinski said.
"Putin cut his teeth destroying the Chechens.
"He regarded their rebellion as a manifestation of Islamic extremism.
"He also bolstered his own personal popularity in Russia by demonising the Chechens as Islamic terrorists and by brutally crushing them."
NAIJ.com reported earlier that ISIS shared a very disturbing picture of Lionel Messi crying blood behind bars, as a ploy to create panic ahead of the 2018 World Cup in Russia.
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Source: Sports.naija.ng